SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2167, 4 June 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Wslllngton East fKsfopm League Branch, Tho annnal mpotiiijj of tlip WeUiiißton East Women's lJraMcli of the Ktnv Zealand Political Reform League, ■ which was well attciulai, was held "cm Monday evening. The .report and .-bakijcfi-sliußt ivero read and adopted, tlio statement of finances pravirig vwy satisfactory, boiirtecn now inentbers were elected ami various matters in connection with the forthcoming conference wore discussed! Iho following officers were, elected:— President, Mrs, M'Vitar (re-elected)-viCG-prosidnuts, Mvb. Nv>.|l M'Lcan (reelected), Mrs. Goldfinch (ro-eksctcd). and Mrs. W. Liike; fonunittM, Mrs. ilajy. Mrs. Phillips. Jlr«. Lormuh. Mrs' Biirnes, Mi's. Clark, ami Mrs.' James ; lion, secretary and tHsasurcr. Miss Cable. Convalescent Hoino, The monthly ii»etios of tlw Wel.li.iigton Hospital CrtJivftiescein llanie was held at Mrs. LitebEoW's o» Tuesday, Juno 2. There n'sro present: Mesdamej Moorhouse (in the . efour'j, Litchfieidj Young, Watkins. Sliss Coates, and Miss Harcourt Qum. treasurer). Tito matron reported that aine patioats worb admitted and ten discharged during tho month. A parcel af elofctmiw was received frem tho Two-garment Sβcicty, and gifts from AfeseWiis totljcram, Suaddon, and Difiirtaji, Richmond Frea Kmtfsrgarftn. Tho ninety-second meeting of the Richmond I'roe Kiwlettrartat (loijucil was held at .125 Molesworth Street-. Ait Monday. Mrs. ftiH (president) was in the chair, and members pvoseht weWs: Mesdames JJate-s, Dkwi, Hem-v, fimith, D. G. Eivcn, Lindsay, Misses" Helyeri Myers, Knglaud, Hisecch, n«tt Flaky- j son. It was Moved by' Mrs. HeiiiV Smith, seconded by Mrs, P.-A. EiwrnJ:: "That this society tho resolution of the W.C.T.U. tJiat \voi»cn I should bo represented on tho proposed Council of Edueation. Fiwthwmere, itconsiders that' it is of ttat utmost im-1 jiortaiipo that suifctMe women with specialised knowledw«, shonld bi> chosen *« account of their practical experience." Subscriptions to tl«?. smoiiut of £14 1,35, nave boon received during tte hmii-Hi. Bills wero passed 'to the amount of £58 4s. Bd. for this paynjeirt of salarios, routs, etc. •

the Royal Visit to PaPfs. , ; j Tlio Paris corrtsjicmclent of the "Daily ! Mail,' writing at the time <oi TJwir Alajesties King George aiiel Queen Mary to J'ans, described tho scenes aroUiid tho Opera Ifouso as bsggarmg deseription. From eight o'cloeli onwards the crowd Jiad been growinK until it- nilnibored something Ifo-30,000. At 9.3b a deputation of iksikh vs&c&s. from the birmingham and the Netting-tail, tbu two British shijjs lyiriy; at t'ai"as, arrived and were received with deafettuis So Ri-eat was tjio crcHvd that it was ivifc.'i difficulty that tho Kiiig mu] Queen, jviili their escort, reacted ub Opera at 10 ( . clock. Iho KepnWican Guards a.nd polico were swept tuvrtv for tho (injo ueing, and tho ivlfcrfc spaflo wss oiio agitated sea of friithtisiastic sjicretators How the rresidcftt';.i!i.d th<-> Ro.val *iieste would be able to l P «vo tho buiktijw 'ias ft question anxiously flstat. Old Parisians declared tlsftsueii a scene had ■never bcen ,, kn6vf.li'<witliln their ree&ikction. WUbin the imws brnkKng tluj'epcetac o was dazzling hi tlio ■etf.traM.y The iv.iduonum was lavisbly" decorated wift insM niuUielnds, aiit! prosenfed a Won-• ileriul. aaiKixture of colour B ndf ligtrt. lliß-JVms and Ciiie-m were reoisived h\ the director ol tho Opm Hoitstt aifl the musical director, i and tt& cerriders. Gua°rds ' b ' V Stalvfort » E P'AMcafl Thb programiHo was' representative of modern French wea, ik-e veteran fenlposar M, Cainillo Saint-Sa.eiis .oWKluctiiJK a scene from his "Iki'baras." M Vincent d'lndy a -scbbb from gore ami M. RftynAlo LLiim the'first act of."La Fete Cherjse." ' Iho troops tnnliaßecl to clear a way throuaH ft o w t& s ia«ti ß crowd, and their Majsstids foff tfec Upora at a qiigrtor )M st twelve and returned to the I>Wt K n Office I. V tkHue do la Paix, tho Plwe VomWe. the Htio.de Rivoli, ai!<il tho Plaea tie la Concorde, being Jondly cWrwl erervwhere, adds Retttcir. y

• Members of the We tujgton AVomea'e Bianch of tho .W felamt Political Kcforni League Imtd their amuial meeting to-inglit. Mrs. Campbell ..CokiUlwrnu of Abel Smith Street, who ) ia , s fewi on a visit to her parents in Newcastle, New Sontj, AVales, for the fet two. tnont&s, nturned by tho Uliwaroa yesterday! Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Vaugtem' (Canterbury) returned to New Zealand this week irom a two years' visit to E»*. laiul. ' e Mr.-and Mrs falter Clifford atid daughters, ot Cbmtchurcli, haw far ■A-uckland to-day to connect with Hie Vancouver steamor, en route for England. ' * b Mr and Mrs. IToa'jnnW!, of St'okos Street have retufiioa from a visit to Australia. ; Mr. and Mrs. f. G. Mace rcturftod to iNow Zealand ycster&y after haruig spent the last, too Joars in m Groat Britain and on .tlta. Continent. The lnrse n.itiiiviUcsokiiif; w«ve so m«ksar.v now m _ is oi tamed by iisin S , spcwol" non.inj H rie«« w.uers, that rajture Jo. 1 )P onlr diptitlv boated, just importMt by 3J rs . BnjKoi Lambton.Oun.v. Pdce 5 5 . M. SpeoM y recommended.* '